Method And Apparatus For Pattern Transfer, And Annular Recording Medium - An apparatus for transferring a pattern of minute surface structures, using a pair of press members which are located opposingly for movements toward and away from each other. One press member is adapted to support thereon a mold having on a transfer surface a master pattern of minute structures to be transferred, while the other press member is adapted to support thereon an annular substrate plate having a curable resin layer coated thereon and to press the resin layer against the transfer surface of the mold to transfer said minute structures to the resin layer. The mod is provided with a circular center hole defining at least three small-diameter segments and three large-diameter segments alternately and at uniform angular intervals along an inner periphery of the mold. The annular substrate plate has an inside diameter exactly matching with the small-diameter segments at the inner periphery of the mold. A chuck mechanism is provided inside of the lower press member, the chuck mechanism having at least three chuck pawls located in uniformly spaced positions along inner periphery of the substrate plate. The chuck pawls are radially displaceable to take either an operative position or a receded position, and are adapted to grip the inner periphery of the substrate together the small-diameter segments of the center hole of the mold at the time of setting the substrate plate in alignment with the mold, and to grip the inner periphery of said substrate plate alone, at spaced positions from the large-diameter segments of the center hole of the mold, at the time of separating the substrate plate from said mold.

01-21-2010

20100092684

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COATING RESIN - Method and apparatus for coating a surface of a work with a thin resin or plastic film suitable for use in imprinting a pattern by impressing a master pattern on a transfer surface of a mold on the coated resin film. A curable resin liquid is coated on a work by the use of an inkjet feed means having a plural number of inkjet nozzle holes in a row or rows on a nozzle assembly, in association with actuators to propel droplets of resin liquid from the respective inkjet nozzle holes in controlled timings while moving the inkjet feed means and the work relative to each other.

04-15-2010

20100156006

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPRINTING ENERGY RAY-SETTING RESIN, AND DISCS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH IMPRINTED RESIN LAYER - Disclosed herein is a method for transferring a pattern of minute dents and projections to an energy ray-setting resin layer coated on a substrate plate by pressing a master pattern on a transfer mold, followed by irradiation of energy rays. The pattern transfer method comprises the steps of pressing a master pattern on a transfer mold against the resin layer under a predetermined imprinting pressure, irradiating the resin layer under the imprinting pressure with energy rays, interrupting the irradiation of energy rays and at the same time cancelling application of the imprinting pressure and holding the resin layer and the transfer mold in a non-pressed state to relieve the resin layer of internal stresses, and recommencing irradiation of the resin layer with energy rays to complete hardening of the resin layer which is held in contact with the transfer mold in a non-pressed state.

06-24-2010

20110022755

COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SCHEME DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a communication device including a first communication unit that is capable of sending a polling-signal in a specific polling cycle and receiving a response-signal sent from a counterpart device in response to the polling-signal, based on a first scheme, a second communication unit that is capable of sending a polling-signal in a longer polling cycle than the first communication unit and receiving a response-signal sent from the counterpart device in response to the polling-signal, based on a second scheme, and a scheme determination unit that waits for reception of the response-signal by the second or the first communication unit for a specific period of time longer than the polling cycle of the second communication unit with a time of the response-signal being received by the first or the second communication unit as a reference, and determines a scheme usable by the counterpart device based on the reception result.

01-27-2011

20110083107

Electronic Device, Content Reproduction Method, and Program Therefor - An electronic device includes: a communication unit to connect to a different device on a network, the different device storing contents; an output unit to connect to a display apparatus; a control unit; an operation input unit; and a reproduction unit. The control unit searches for contents stored in the different device on the network, generates a list of thumbnail images indicating the searched contents, estimates an error rate when each of the contents is received and reproduced, and outputs the list to the display apparatus, the control unit changing a state of each of the thumbnail images in the list according to the estimated error rate. The operation input unit receives reproduction instruction operation with respect to the content indicated by each of the thumbnail images. The reproduction unit receives the content, which is subjected to the reproduction instruction operation, from the different device, and reproduce the content.

04-07-2011

20130159400

USER DEVICE, SERVER, AND OPERATING CONDITIONS SETTING SYSTEM - A user device including a communication interface that communicates with a server, a sensor unit that detects at least one of a state of a user and a state of the user device, and a controller that controls an operating condition of the user device by receiving information from the server based on a comparison between an output of the sensor unit and stored setting description data associating the operating condition with a predetermined output of the sensor unit.

06-20-2013

20140070729

ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern.

03-13-2014

20140085470

MOBILE OBJECT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way.

03-27-2014

20140125451

AUDIO ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.

05-08-2014

Patent applications by Hiroshi Okada, Kanagawa JP

Hiroshi Okada, Setagaya-Ku JP

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20110013077

Imaging Module - An imaging module includes an imaging substrate mounting an imaging device thereon, a substrate holding plate, a holder. The substrate holding plate includes four substrate securing portions for securing the imaging substrate that are located opposing to four corners of the imaging substrate, respectively, an opening portion surrounded by the four substrate securing portions, and four holder securing portions that are located outwardly from the four substrate securing portions in a longitudinal direction thereof, respectively. The holder is formed integrally with a lens support barrel configured to support a lens unit at an inside thereof, and has plate securing portions configured to secure the holder securing portions at positions opposed to the holder securing portions of the substrate holding plate, respectively. The imaging module causes little residual compressive stress left in the imaging substrate, so that it can acquire high-resolution images.

01-20-2011

20110037893

Imaging Module - An imaging module includes an imaging substrate mounting an imaging device thereon, a resin holder including a substrate securing portion to which the imaging substrate is secured, a lens support barrel supporting a lens at an inside thereof, and a holding portion which protrudes toward a subject from the substrate securing portion and includes a through hole configured to permit retention of the holder in an external structure, a metal securing member disposed at a side of the substrate securing portion of the holder facing a subject, and a metal holding plate including a securing region which is secured to and electrically connected to the securing member, and a holding portion adjacent region which overlaps a part around the through hole of the holding portion and includes a through hole configured to communicate with the through hole.

02-17-2011

Hiroshi Okada, Osaka JP

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20100321930

OUTDOOR ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATING METHOD - An outdoor illuminating device and illuminating method using LEDs as light sources to reduce a load on the environment and effectively function as a crime deterrent to contribute to environmental design for establishing safe and secure communities. Security light (

12-23-2010

Hiroshi Okada, Kobe-Shi JP

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20100322286

QUICK-RESPONSE THERMOCOUPLE FOR HIGH-SPEED FLUID - An object of the invention is to provide a thermocouple having a high response speed without receiving mechanical damages such as bending and curving even when it is used in a high-speed fluid. The invention provides a quick-response thermocouple for high-speed fluid in which a sheathed thermocouple having a small outer diameter that is formed by housing, in a metal sheath, a positive-side thermocouple filament and a negative-side thermocouple filament embedded within a powder of an inorganic insulating material, and by forming a temperature sensing point at a tip portion thereof by bonding the tips of the positive-side thermocouple filament and the negative-side thermocouple filament together at the tip portion thereof, is inserted in a protective tube having a large outer diameter so that the tip portion is exposed, in which a portion of the sheathed thermocouple that is exposed from the protective tube is inserted in a protective cylinder having a bottom cover with a hole on a tip side through which the sheathed thermocouple is inserted and having a plurality of through windows, the tip of the sheathed thermocouple is slightly exposed from the bottom cover of the protective cylinder, and the bottom cover of the protective cylinder and the sheathed thermocouple as well as the protective cylinder and a lower portion of the protective tube are welded.

12-23-2010

Hiroshi Okada, Tokyo JP

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20100295538

Monitoring circuit, method for outputting monitor signal, and optical receiver - A monitoring circuit of the present invention provides a monitor signal with which a magnitude of a current flowing across a photodetector, such as a photodiode, can be calculated accurately over a wide temperature range on the basis of a value of the monitor signal. The monitoring circuit of the present invention includes: a current mirror circuit for outputting a monitor current proportional to an input current, the current mirror circuit having an input point for receiving the input current, the input point being connected to a photodetector and a load resistor, which are connected thereto in parallel; and an output circuit for outputting a monitor signal indicating a difference between a monitor electric potential proportional to the monitor current, and an offset electric potential proportional to an offset current which flows across the load resistor concurrently with the monitor current.

11-25-2010

20120118537

FLATTENED HEAT PIPE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a flattened heat pipe whose vapor flowing passage is not clogged and which has an excellent capillary force. The flattened heat pipe has a closed container formed by flattening a tubular container, a plurality of wick structures arrayed within the container in a longitudinal direction so as to form an acute-angled portion where a capillary force is large at least partially within the container, a hollow portion formed of an outer peripheral surface of the wick structure and an inner wall surface of the container and a working fluid sealed into the container.

05-17-2012

20160033206

FLATTENED HEAT PIPE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a flattened heat pipe whose vapor flowing passage is not clogged and which has an excellent capillary force. The flattened heat pipe has a closed container formed by flattening a tubular container, a plurality of wick structures arrayed within the container in a longitudinal direction so as to form an acute-angled portion where a capillary force is large at least partially within the container, a hollow portion formed of an outer peripheral surface of the wick structure and an inner wall surface of the container and a working fluid sealed into the container.

02-04-2016

Patent applications by Hiroshi Okada, Tokyo JP

Hiroshi Okada, Itami-Shi JP

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20100072457

LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE - A light-receiving element device capable of receiving near infrared to mid-infrared light of 1.7 μm-3.5 μm is provided. A substrate is formed of InP, and a superlattice light-receiving layer is formed of a superlattice of a type 2 junction formed by alternately being stacked a falling layer of a Group III-V compound semiconductor including In, Ga, As, N and a rising layer of a Group III-V compound semiconductor including Ga, As, Sb. The film thickness of the falling layer and the rising layer is each 3 nm-10 nm. The entire thickness of the superlattice light-receiving layer is 2 μm-7 μm. The lattice mismatch of the constituent film of the superlattice light-receiving layer to InP is ±0.2% or less.

03-25-2010

Hiroshi Okada, Nukata-Gun JP

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20080211544

Peak voltage detector circuit and binarizing circuit including the same circuit - A peak voltage detector circuit detects a peak voltage of an input voltage. The input voltage is input into a first input terminal of a comparator. A counter circuit counts up a counter value in synchronization with a first clock signal, when a signal output from the comparator is in a first state. The counter circuit counts down the counter value in synchronization with a second clock signal. A digital-analog conversion circuit outputs an output voltage corresponding to the counter value, and the output voltage is input into a second input terminal of the comparator. The first clock signal has a wave period shorter than that of the second clock signal.

09-04-2008

20100019917

SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR ROTATION DETECTING DEVICE - In the normal rotation direction, a change in the main sensing signal caused by a front edge is defined as a signal change caused by an effective edge, and a change in the main sensing signal caused by a back edge is defined as a signal change caused by an ineffective edge. In the reverse direction, a change in the main sensing signal caused by the back edge is defined as a signal change caused by an effective edge, and a change caused by a front edge is defined as a signal change caused by an ineffective edge. Regardless of the rotation direction, a detection signal generating circuit generates a detection signal including falling-edge changes and rising edge changes caused by the effective edge and ineffective edge respectively. When the direction is changed, the signal change on the detection signal is prohibited. As a result, gear tooth detection discrepancies are prevented.

01-28-2010

Patent applications by Hiroshi Okada, Nukata-Gun JP

Hiroshi Okada, Tochigi JP

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20090218387

Method of soldering portions plated by electroless ni plating - When electrodes of a BGA plated by electroless Ni plating are soldered with solder balls of a lead-free solder, peeling of soldered joints readily takes place under an external impact. When a BGA electrode plated by electroless Ni plating is soldered with a lead-free solder to which 0.03-0.1 mass percent of P is added, the growth of brittle SnNi intermetallic compounds formed on the portion being soldered and a P layer on the electroless Ni plating surface is suppressed, resulting in an increased bonding strength.

09-03-2009

20090301760

Method of Soldering a Module Board - As BGA's and CSP's become widespread, the number of steps in soldering module boards to rigid printed wiring boards increases. A printed circuit board warps due to heating during reflow, so even if mounting is carried out at a temperature sufficiently exceeding the melting point of a solder alloy, there was a problem of the phenomenon of fusion defects in which the solder bumps of a module board of a CSP, a BGA, or the like and the mounting paste do not fuse or parts having leads and solder paste do not fuse, resulting in conduction defects.

12-10-2009

Hiroshi Okada, Miyagi JP

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20090105386

FULLERENE-BASED MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FULLERENE-BASED MATERIAL - In order to isolate and purify an endohedral fullerene, a solvent washing was performed using toluene to concentrate the endohedral fullerene in a residual, but endohedral fullerene could not be efficiently purified because impurities other than the endohedral fullerene could not be sufficiently removed. Thus, the endohedral fullerene is isolated and purified by using a solvent such as chloronaphthalene or tetralin having a high solubility for the endohedral fullerene and concentrating the endohedral fullerene in the solvent. The endohedral fullerene isolated and purified by solvent extraction has a cluster structure where the endohedral fullerene is surrounded with empty fullerenes. Thus, this endohedral fullerene is highly stable and is a useful material applicable to various fields such as medical care and electronics.

04-23-2009

20150332932

METHOD FOR ETCHING ETCHING TARGET LAYER - Disclosed is an etching method for etching an etching target layer. The etching method includes: a first step of depositing a plasma reaction product on a mask layer made of an organic film formed on the etching target layer; and after the first step, a second step of etching the etching target layer. The mask layer includes a coarse region in which a plurality of openings are formed, and a dense region surrounding the coarse region. The mask layer exists more densely in the dense region than in the coarse region. The coarse region includes a first region and a second region positioned close to the dense region compared to the first region. In the second step of the etching method, a width of the openings in the first region becomes narrower than a width of the openings in the second region.

11-19-2015

Hiroshi Okada, Kariya-Shi JP

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20110127944

PARKING AND POWER CHARGING SYSTEM - When an arriving electric vehicle arrives at a car park with parking spaces, a parking state detection means in a parking and power charging system detects the presence of empty parking spaces. An assignment means assigns a ranking of charging performance to each detected empty parking space so that the empty parking space having the charging device of a higher charging performance has a higher ranking of charging performance on the basis of descending order of charging performance of the charging devices. A communication means obtains vehicle parameters of the arriving electric vehicle. A parking space instruction means instructs the arriving electric vehicle to move to and be parked in the empty parking space having the ranking of charging performance selected on the basis of the vehicle parameter such as necessity to charge or degree to easily charge the on-vehicle battery mounted on the arriving electric vehicle.

06-02-2011

Hiroshi Okada, Ehime JP

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20110293874

HYBRID SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The hybrid substrate of the present invention comprises a ceramic substrate assembly composed of a plurality of ceramic substrates, insulating resin layers disposed respectively on both surfaces of the ceramic substrate assembly such that they are opposed to each other, each of the insulating resin layers being made at least of a reinforcing material and a resin, and a metal layer disposed on each of the insulating resin layers. In particular, the hybrid substrate of the present invention comprises the plurality of ceramic substrates which are in the form of a tile arrangement along the same plane positioned between the opposed insulating resin layers.

12-01-2011

Hiroshi Okada, Kariya-City JP

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20120006153

POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An output shaft is arranged to be lateral and parallel to engine input shafts and a motor input shaft. An engine side gear mechanism for transmitting a power of the engine input shafts to the output shaft is provided. A motor side gear mechanism for transmitting a power of the motor input shaft to the output shaft is provided. An input side clutch engages and disengages the engine input shafts and the motor input shaft. When the input side clutch is engaged, the power transmission between a position where the engine side gear mechanism is arranged on the engine input shafts and a position where the motor side gear mechanism is arranged on the motor input shaft is invariably possible.

01-12-2012

20120028747

VEHICULAR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Power generated by an engine is inputted to a carrier of a first planetary gear mechanism. Power generated by a motor is inputted to a sun gear of a second planetary gear mechanism. Power from a ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism and power from a carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism are combined and transmitted to an axle of driving wheels. While power input from the engine to the carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism is maintained, rotation of a sun gear of the first planetary gear mechanism is restricted with a first clutch, a second clutch or a first brake. While power input from the motor to the sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism is maintained, rotation of a ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism is restricted with a second brake or a third clutch.

02-02-2012

20120292153

POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE - A main shaft has a shaft cylindrical portion extending from an outer periphery of a large-diameter portion. A drum has a drum cylindrical portion extending from an outer periphery of a drum plate portion. An axial forward end of the drum cylindrical portion is arranged in an inside of the shaft cylindrical portion. A frictional engagement unit of a clutch is provided in an inside of the shaft cylindrical portion. A motor generator has a rotor, which is firmly fitted to outer walls of the large-diameter portion and the shaft cylindrical portion and rotatable relative to a stator. A working-oil supply passage is formed in an inside of an input shaft.

11-22-2012

20130157807

VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle driving system control apparatus includes a power transmission device and a power transmission control section. The power transmission device includes an engine input shaft, a motor input shaft, an output shaft, an engine-side gear mechanism transmitting a power of the engine input shaft to the output shaft, a motor-side gear mechanism transmitting a power of the motor input shaft to the output shaft, a first clutch enables and disables a power transmission between the engine input shaft and the motor input shaft, a second clutch enables and disables a power transmission between the motor-side gear mechanism and the output shaft, and a third clutch enables and disables a power transmission between the engine-side gear mechanism and the output shaft. The power transmission control section determines statuses of the clutches and required torques of motor generators in correspondence with a rotation speed of an axle.

06-20-2013

20130166127

VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle driving system control apparatus includes a regeneration control section that performs a regeneration control when a vehicle is decelerated. In the regeneration control, the regeneration control section drives at least one of a first motor generator and a second motor generator with a power of an axle so as to charge a battery with an electric power generated with the at least one of the first motor generator and the second motor generator. The regeneration control section selects a mode of the regeneration control by controlling engagement and disengagement statuses of first to third clutches in correspondence with at least one of a target energy regeneration amount, a required brake torque and a vehicle speed.

06-27-2013

20130276576

DRIVE FORCE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A first tubular shaft is placed on a radially outer side of a countershaft. A second tubular shaft is placed on a radially outer side of the first tubular shaft. A first driven gear is provided at one end portion of the first tubular shaft and is meshed with a first drive gear. A second driven gear is provided at one end portion of the second tubular shaft and is meshed with a second drive gear. A second secondary coupling portion is provided at the countershaft. A second primary coupling portion is provided at the other end portion of the first tubular shaft. The second primary coupling portion is engageable with the second secondary coupling portion. A third primary coupling portion is provided at the other end portion of the second tubular shaft. The third primary coupling portion is engageable with the second secondary coupling portion.

10-24-2013

20130324360

CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM - A first slip travel mode is traveling or starting in a state where a first clutch is fully connected and a third clutch is fully disconnected while a second clutch is slipped. A second slip travel mode is traveling or starting in a state where the first clutch is fully connected and the second clutch is fully disconnected while the third clutch is slipped. An overheat avoidance mode is traveling or starting in a state where the first clutch is fully disconnected and the second clutch is fully connected while the third clutch is slipped. When the second clutch is in a high-temperature state under the first slip travel mode or the third clutch is in a high-temperature state under the second slip travel mode, the slip travel mode is switched into the overheat avoidance mode. This reduces a heat value of the second clutch or third clutch.

12-05-2013

20140379194

POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An output shaft is arranged to be lateral and parallel to engine input shafts and a motor input shaft. An engine side gear mechanism for transmitting a power of the engine input shafts to the output shaft is provided. A motor side gear mechanism for transmitting a power of the motor input shaft to the output shaft is provided. An input side clutch engages and disengages the engine input shafts and the motor input shaft. When the input side clutch is engaged, the power transmission between a position where the engine side gear mechanism is arranged on the engine input shafts and a position where the motor side gear mechanism is arranged on the motor input shaft is invariably possible.

12-25-2014

20140379195

POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An output shaft is arranged to be lateral and parallel to engine input shafts and a motor input shaft. An engine side gear mechanism for transmitting a power of the engine input shafts to the output shaft is provided. A motor side gear mechanism for transmitting a power of the motor input shaft to the output shaft is provided. An input side clutch engages and disengages the engine input shafts and the motor input shaft. When the input side clutch is engaged, the power transmission between a position where the engine side gear mechanism is arranged on the engine input shafts and a position where the motor side gear mechanism is arranged on the motor input shaft is invariably possible.

12-25-2014

Patent applications by Hiroshi Okada, Kariya-City JP

Hiroshi Okada, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

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20120236525

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE AND WIRING HARNESS - GateWay (GW) having a shape of a substantially-flat rectangular parallelepiped and including terminals on one wide surface or both wide surfaces, GWs are stacked on each other so as to connect first corresponding terminals while connecting second corresponding terminals. The corresponding terminals are connected inside each GW, and are connected with each other via a component for transmitting a communication signal through a communication line and via a relay processing section for executing a relaying process for the communication signal. By stacking GWs on each other, the function of a multi-bus GW can be realized.

09-20-2012

Hiroshi Okada, Mie JP

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20130033300

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SOLID STATE RELAY USING SAME - A semiconductor device includes one or more transistor cells mounted on a first conductive type silicon carbide (SiC) substrate, wherein each of the transistor cells includes a second conductive type wall region formed on a first surface of the SiC substrate, a first conductive type source region formed in the wall region, a gate electrode formed with a gate insulating film; a source electrode formed in such a way as to be brought into contact with the source region, and a drain electrode formed on a second surface of the SiC substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductive type region located close to an outside of an outermost cell of the transistor cells, the second conductive type region surrounding the wall region and being insulated from both of the gate electrode and the source electrode.

02-07-2013

20130069082

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SOLID STATE RELAY USING SAME - A semiconductor device includes one or more unipolar compound semiconductor element; and bypass semiconductor elements externally connected to the respective compound semiconductor elements in parallel. A turn-on voltage of the bypass semiconductor elements is smaller than a turn-on voltage of the compound semiconductor elements in the direction from the source to the drain.

03-21-2013

Hiroshi Okada, Yokkaichi JP

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20140297109

IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE RELAY APPARATUS - An in-vehicle communication system and an in-vehicle relay apparatus that can perform relaying between multiple in-vehicle networks if a new in-vehicle device is connected to a said in-vehicle network, and that can prevent, if an improper in-vehicle device is connected to the in-vehicle network, the entire system from being adversely affected by the improper in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle relay apparatus that relays information between the multiple in-vehicle networks has stored therein relay destination determination information necessary to determine a relay destination of information. If a new in-vehicle device is connected to any one of the in-vehicle networks, an acquiring unit communicates with a communication device to obtain updated relay destination determination information, a determination unit determines if the updated relay destination determination information is legitimate, and an updating unit updates the relay destination determination information of the in-vehicle relay apparatus.

10-02-2014

20140297110

IN-VEHICLE RELAY APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An in-vehicle relay apparatus can restrict transmission of identification information with which a vehicle can be specified to the outside of the vehicle. A vehicle internal communication unit may communicate with at least one in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle, and a vehicle external communication unit may communicate with a vehicle external communication device disposed outside of the vehicle. A communication processing unit may add identification information to relay information that is transmitted to the vehicle external communication device. The identification information may regard a transmission source of relay information by which the vehicle external communication device determines the transmission source of the relay information. Additionally, the communication processing unit may transmit, using the vehicle external communication device, the relay information to the vehicle external communication device. A determination unit may determine which information is used as the identification information based on stored access authority levels.

10-02-2014

Hiroshi Okada, Shizuoka JP

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20140283651

METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM ALLOY WITH REFINED Al-Fe-Si-BASED COMPOUNDS AND PRIMARY CRYSTAL Si - A method of production of inexpensive aluminum alloy is provided which enables precipitation of fine particles of Al—Fe—Si-based compounds and primary crystal Si to an aluminum alloy melt which is comprised of Si: 10 to 20 mass %, Fe: 0.5 to 4 mass %, P: 0.003 to 0.02 mass %, and further, if necessary, one or more of Mn, Ni, and Cr or furthermore, if necessary, one or more of Mg, Ti, Cr, Zr, and V, and has a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. To the melt is added 0.01 to 1 mass %, in terms of silicide, of a substance, which includes fine particles of a metal silicide which are present as a solid phase in the melt, when the Al—Fe—Si-based compound is crystallized.

MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ALUMINUM ALLOY IN WHICH AL-FE-SI COMPOUND IS REFINED - A manufacturing method of an inexpensive aluminum alloy that allows fine crystallization of the Al—Fe—Si compound and primary Si by employing a convenient and efficient means. To a molten aluminum alloy including 8 to 20% by mass of Si; 0.5 to 4% by mass of Fe; and, as necessary, at least any one of Mn and Cr; at least any one of Ni, Cu, and Mg; P; and the balance being Al and impurities, AlB

12-03-2015

Hiroshi Okada, Aichi JP

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20150357617

RESTRAINT FOR GROUP-CELL, RESTRAINING MEMBER FOR GROUP-CELL, AND BATTERY - A restraint for a group-cell includes a main-body part and a shunt part. The main-body part is provided at one end-side of the group-cell in an arrangement direction in which battery cells are arranged. The shunt part extends from the main-body part towards an other end-side of the group-cell in the arrangement direction to form a shunt space between the shunt part and a portion of the group-cell provided at the one end-side in the arrangement direction, wherein an aperture to let in a coolant is formed at the one end-side in the arrangement direction as viewed from the shunt space.

12-10-2015

Hiroshi Okada, Yokkaichi, Mie JP

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20150358329

ACCESS RESTRICTION DEVICE, ON-BOARD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION RESTRICTION - An access restriction device as well as an on-board communication system and a method for communication restriction, which prevent outside leakage of information caused by unauthorized access of malicious programs to an in-car network. The communication between the in-car network of the vehicle and an external device is performed by a security controller. The security controller can perform addition or update of a program involving processing for transmission and reception of the information. The security controller performs processing for restricting access to information of the in-car network performed by program execution according to an access authorization level of each program and an access permission level of each type of information. The security controller restricts the transmission depending on the access authorization level of each program and the access permission level of each type of information in case of transmitting the information to the in-car network by the program execution.

12-10-2015

Hiroshi Okada, Toyota JP

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20160141086

ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL DEVICE - A task is to provide an electromagnetic coil device capable of decreasing a surge voltage generated in an electromagnetic coil without providing a surge voltage decreasing diode.